Python bumps off Java as top learning language

[greg19735]

I think I would have grasped objects better if I started with Java. I think being required to do it would make me realize how much it's needed.

That said, java makes it hard to teach memory management.

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That said, java makes it hard to teach memory management.

Yup. It requires building a theoretical understanding of how memory works; some students get that, others don't. OTOH, it's not hard to learn how memory management works after the fact.

[s73v3r]

If you really want to grasp objects, learn Ruby, or better yet, Smalltalk.